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Entering Coordinates on an Alpha XL

The Alpha® XL dog tracking navigator allows you to use geographical coordinates as a destination.


Navigating to Coordinates

To navigate to a set of coordinates:

  1. Touch Search
  2. Touch Coordinates
  3. Touch Coordinates again
  4. Enter the desired latitude and longitude
  5. Touch Done
  6. Touch Go

The Alpha XL navigator will now begin navigating you to the entered coordinates.


  • If the coordinates you are using do not match the device's format or the coordinates have too many numbers touch Search Format.

  • You can also touch the  wrench icon to view all the available Position Format options. This will allow you to access additional information such as Display Format, Datum, Map Spheroid, and Reset.

  • If the formatting of the coordinates does not match the format on the Alpha XL navigator, confirm the format of the provided coordinates. Maps will often provide the position format they use.

  • When the Coordinate Format is set to automatic the Alpha XL navigator will detect common formats in degrees, minutes, and seconds.

Coordinate Formats

Coordinates can come from a variety of sources. Different sources may have different formats. It may be helpful to research the format your coordinates are in before entering them into your device. Below are the coordinates of the Statue of Liberty Memorial in New York using two common formats.


Degrees, Minutes, Seconds

Here is the Location of the Memorial in the Common "Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" (h dddo mm' ss.ss") Format:

N 40° 41' 21.298"
W 074° 2’ 40.201"

Follow the steps above and ensure your device is set to the h dddo mm' ss.ss" format to enter these coordinates into a device.


Decimal Degrees

Here is the same location in the Decimal Degrees (h ddd.ddddddo) format. This is used by many mapping applications and websites.

N 40.6892494o
W° 074.0445004o

Follow the steps above and ensure your device is set to the h ddd.ddddddo format to enter these coordinates into a device.

Note: A Garmin device may accept fewer digits than found in your desired coordinates. You may enter as many digits as the Alpha XL navigator will allow. Your Alpha XL navigator will still be able to navigate to the entered location; more digits simply allow for greater accuracy.

 List of Coordinate Formats Available for the Alpha XL Navigator

  1. Automatic
  2. Austrian Grid
  3. Borneo RSO
  4. British National Grid
  5. CH1903+
  6. Custom Grid
  7. Dutch Grid
  8. EOV Hungarian Grid
  9. Estonian Grid
  10. Finnish Grid KKJ27
  11. French Grid
  12. Gauss-Boaga East
  13. Gauss-Boaga West
  14. German Grid
  15. Icelandic Grid
  16. India Zone 0
  17. India Zone IA
  18. India Zone IB
  19. lndia Zone IIA
  20. India Zone IIB
  21. India Zone IIIA
  22. India Zone IIIB
  23. India Zone IVA
  24. India Zone IVB
  25. Indonesian Equatorial
  26. Indonesian Irian
  27. Indonesian Southern
  28. Irish (IG)
  29. Irish (ITM)
  30. Latvian TM
  31. MGRS
  32. Maidenhead
  33. New Zealand
  34. New Zealand TM
  35. QNG Grid
  36. RT 90
  37. SK-42 Grid
  38. South African Grid
  39. Swedish Grid RT-90
  40. Swedish Grid SWEREF 99TM
  41. Swiss Grid LV03
  42. Swiss Grid LV95
  43. Taiwan Grid
  44. US National Grid
  45. UTM
  46. W Malayan RSO

Survey-grade Mapping Sources

The Alpha XL navigator has a specific level of accuracy that it can provide. Occasionally coordinates come from a more precise source, and the Alpha XL navigator will not have the additional position format spaces needed for such accuracy. This can occur especially when using coordinates from a survey-grade map, or a survey-grade GPS system. These types of devices can have near pinpoint accuracy. When entering more precise coordinates the extra digits at the end of the coordinates can be dropped. Here is an example:

Survey Grade Coordinates for the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France:

N 48° 51' 29.1348''
E 2° 17' 40.8984''

How these Coordinates Would Look Entered into a Garmin Device:

N 48° 51’ 29.1”
E 002° 17’ 40.8”

In the example, the last three digits from each coordinate line needed to be removed in order for the Alpha XL navigator to accept the coordinates; however, the Garmin device will still guide you to the Eiffel Tower.

Positive and Negative Numbers:

Online maps sometimes make use of positive and negative numbers (based on 0° at the equator or prime meridian) when displaying coordinates. The Garmin is formatted to show N,S,E,W

  • Longitude negative: W
  • Longitude positive: E
  • Latitude negative: S
  • Latitude positive: N
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